Martyrdom and Identity: The Self on Trial

Contents......Page 7
Preface......Page 10
A: ‘I wish to be what I am’......Page 12
B: Martyrdom and Christian identity – the basis of the link......Page 14
C: ‘Identity’ and ‘The self’......Page 18
D: The work in outline......Page 22
A: Introduction......Page 28
i. Introduction: authenticity as a theme......Page 29
ii. The three malaises......Page 30
iii. Retrieving authenticity......Page 31
iv. A culture in tension......Page 33
v. What remains of authenticity?......Page 34
vi. Evaluation......Page 35
C: Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses......Page 37
i. ‘ Identity politics’ and religion: what kind of idea are you?......Page 38
ii. The unstable self and the unstable deity......Page 40
iii. Victimhood as identity......Page 41
iv. The ‘open’ identity......Page 43
v. The problem of martyrdom and identity......Page 44
vi. The knowledge of good and evil......Page 45
vii. An authentic way to die?......Page 46
viii. Evaluation: Rushdie and martyrdom......Page 47
D: Conclusion......Page 50
A: Introduction......Page 52
B: Scripture and the martyrs......Page 53
i. The pleasing past......Page 57
ii. The promise of return......Page 58
iii. The security of ease......Page 59
D: Martha C. Nussbaum, the Greeks and luck......Page 60
i. Preliminaries......Page 63
ii. ‘Forgetting what lies behind’......Page 64
iii. Ease and pleasure......Page 74
iv. Security and safety......Page 76
F: The martyr looking forward......Page 83
A: Introduction......Page 86
i. The return to glory?......Page 87
ii. A ‘certain submission’......Page 88
iii. The assertion of the keys......Page 89
C: Richard Rorty and pragmatism......Page 90
i. Addressing the question......Page 93
ii. Responding to the peace......Page 94
iii. The power of the keys......Page 101
E: Suffering and hoping witness: the mission and the martyr......Page 106
i. Defiance of the crown......Page 110
iii. Time......Page 112
v. Action......Page 113
C: Roger Scruton, T. S. Eliot and patriotic tradition......Page 114
ii. Loyal resistance......Page 118
iii. Time......Page 123
iv. Friendship......Page 126
v. England and Englishness......Page 131
vi. Passive action?......Page 134
E: The responsibility of martyrdom......Page 139
A: Introduction......Page 142
i. The power to bind......Page 143
ii. The martyr’s earthly glory......Page 144
iii. No enduring crown?......Page 145
i. Honour......Page 146
ii. Heavenly rewards......Page 151
i. Honour and fame and the verdict of history......Page 154
ii. The self-proclaimed martyr: forcing God’s hand......Page 163
E: The renunciation of honour......Page 167
A: Introduction......Page 170
B: Who killed the Archbishop?......Page 172
C: Trials and temptations......Page 176
D: Temptation and providentia dei......Page 184
E: Martyrdom, temptation and providence......Page 190
B: A review of Murder in the Cathedral in production......Page 194
C: In review......Page 201
D: Conclusion......Page 207
Bibliography......Page 208
G......Page 217
S......Page 218
Z......Page 219
Scripture Index......Page 220
M......Page 224
W......Page 225